Plato III, the moniker of rising hip-hop artist Ryan Silva, fuses his musical influences – from the conscious hip-hop of Black Star to indie rock icons Modest Mouse – with nimble bars and outlaw anthem guitars to guide us down the dusty streets and empty plains of his hometown of Abilene, TX.
On Plato III’s new full-length album, The Devil Has Texas, Silva returns to his hometown of Abilene, TX to deliver an album full of breathtaking hip-hop anthems infused with stories of his difficult West Texas upbringing. The album is Plato III’s first for new label home, Polyvinyl, marking him as the first hip-hop artist to be signed to the label. The Devil Has Texas is Plato’s most fully realized offering to date - a guitar-based record that combines Midwest Emo with Conscious Rap to create a sound that answers the question, "What's it like to grow up Black in West Texas?"
